Category: Suburban Opinion
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For the Record
For the Record One of the reasons Denise Bruzzi Dempsey, a nurse at the Voorhees School in Old Bridge, donated her hair to Locks of Love for children with medical hair loss was because her mother-in-law, not her mother and sister, had died of cancer years ago. Dempsey’s mother and sister have also donated their…
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Stroke survivor urges women to learn personal risk factors
I’m a survivor. I’m a survivor of two major strokes — one at age 30 and a second stroke this past March 2, at age 38. As the single mother of two, a New Jersey resident, and a New Jersey survivor spokeswoman for the American Heart Association Go Red for Women campaign and the American…
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Your Turn
Laura GrantGuest ColumnRenaming of complex was inappropriate Your Turn Laura Grant Guest Column Renaming of complex was inappropriate Laura Grant Guest Column Renaming of complex was inappropriate I want to put the issue of the renaming of the Sayreville Athletic Association Complex to rest, and I want my late brother-in-law’s dignity, as well as deserved…
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Special performance will honor theater benefactor
On Thursday, May 13, we will present a special performance of the show "Cabaret" at the Sayreville Main Street Theater Company. We will honor our lead sponsor, the Kaplan Family Foundation, which is providing our theater company with a generous donation this year, making it possible for us to put on a number of quality…
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Thanks volunteers, board members for assistance
I would like to express my thanks to the Sayreville Recreation Advisory Board members and all other volunteers for their assistance at our annual Fishing Derby. Their efforts made the event a huge success. Michael Sedlak municipal department head Sayreville Recreation Department
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School volleyball game to benefit MS research
The Spotswood High School Octagon Community Service Club and History Club will host its annual Volleyball Game to Fight Multiple Sclerosis (MS) at 7 p.m. on May 19 at the school, Summerhill Road. All proceeds will benefit the MS Research Foundation. In the last two years, the volleyball event has raised more than $11,000 to…
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Obituaries
Blanche M. Dunn Gosner Carroll Obituaries Blanche M. Dunn Gosner Carroll Mrs. Carroll, 82, of North Brunswick died April 21 in Summerhill Nursing Home, Old Bridge. Prior to her retirement, she was a waitress at Bill and Betty’s Tavern, Milltown. She was predeceased by her first husband, John C. Gosner in 1968; a daughter, Jeanne…
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Parents should bear larger share of school funding
This time of year, residents of Old Bridge are bombarded with television commercials from the New Jersey Education Association, mailings from the Old Bridge Township Board of Education, fliers and school board candidate ads along our local roads. This can only mean one thing — increased taxes. Until such time as the state of New…
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Obituaries
Barbara Ann DeMaio Obituaries Barbara Ann DeMaio Ms. DeMaio, 45, of Northport, N.Y., formerly of Old Bridge, died April 27 in Huntington Hospital, Huntington, N.Y. Her father, Joseph, died in 1981. Surviving are her mother, Elizabeth Carnahan DeMaio of Old Bridge; three brothers, Michael of Howell, William of Point Pleasant and Matthew of Spring Lake…
